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JOSEPH ANDREW TAISLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 31, 1948 – July 11, 1969
Service recordJoseph Andrew Taisler, of Woodside, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 103
- CANOY LEWIS SISTRUNKCorporal · July 11, 1969
- BYRON DUNCAN STEWARTStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1969
- GEORGE BERNARD TEARPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- ALLAN COURTNEY THIBOUPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RENNIE JOE BAKER JRCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 97
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.